As an American, I learned the definition of shortsighted as not thinking or unimaginative, so I am surmising that's not what you mean and that you must mean nearsighted by how many of us use the word. read more
Once photography came into more common use, the artist no longer had to be the teller of the story, they could expand their skill to be more expressive. And that revolutionized art, artist could experiment with vision and perception. And Impressionism was the a movement that started that change. read more
Great artists 'were short-sighted' Renoir was among those with myopia, the study says Some of the greatest works of the Impressionist painters may have been achieved as a result of poor eyesight, scientists have said. read more